John Cascone's 'I Decoderiani' Explores Narrative Collapse at Studio Drang, Rome

John Cascone's exhibition 'I Decoderiani' at Studio Drang in Rome presents a fragmented narrative centered on a lost TV series of the same name, whose pilot episode 'Il collasso' survives only in scattered elements. The show eschews linear storytelling, instead manifesting implosion and the impossibility of constructing a coherent tale. Key motifs include a cathode-ray tube screen, a poster, a fallen chandelier, and the pervasive digital green #00FF00, which acts as an obsessive, self-reproducing code. The exhibition critiques contemporary visual culture, where shared digital and algorithmic aesthetics filter perception without declaring themselves. Artificial intelligence appears as a parasitic agent, subtly distorting images. Sound emerges as a dimension of continuity and resistance: a chair with a speaker in the first room establishes the artist's presence-absence through audio rather than vision. Curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini, the show runs at Studio Drang in Rome.